hey everyone!! this post is extremely helpful to me so far!! i have 1 question that i can’t seem to find an answer for anywhere, Is there somewhere i can buy a pre-soldered/hacked 360 pcb? i’m trying to assemble my own 360 stick without soldering to avoid paying someone else to do this. its almost depressing how easy it is to assemble a ps3 stick compared to 360 lol. aaaaanyway if anyone can help me i’d really appreciate it.
Ack. That has to be a pain.
Also, the nearby stores don’t seem to sell Forstner bits in Metric. Can I get away with a imperial approximation?
Also, I was just drilling holes in a wooden stump (stump removal) with a bit that had a pointy tip like the forstners, but above that is a flat piece going vertically, as opposed to a cylinder piece. It’s a 1 inch bit. Can I use those types of bits?
FYI I have a case for sale on the trading outlet.
http://shoryuken.com/f226/wts-evo-stick-sacks-hand-other-stuff-238945/
For 24mm, approx. 15/16" (Off by about .007"), 30mm is about 1 1/8" (Off by about .055"). You could probably get away with a 1" and dremel out a bit. 15/16" Is pretty spot on.
Hmm, “hacking” a pad really means just soldering to points that were intended for buttons of a pad. Maybe if you looked to go solderless, maybe you could tape stripped hook up wire, and the wiring harness of your joystick (if applicable) to the appropriate points. As long as metal touches metal, you’ll be fine. Keep the stock USB wire in tact if you’re not planning a dualmod. This probably won’t be as sound as solder, but the basis is the same.
How pads work 101: there are two wires for each input (directions included. Treat up, down, left, and right as four “buttons,” as opposed to thinking like analog sticks), Common ground (Sometimes shortened as COM or GND) is the wire that must touch one side of every component (only applicable to common ground PCBs), and another wire that has power and is connected to the integrated circuit (microchip) that tells the console what buttons are being pushed. GND is to have a voltage of 0, while the input wire is typically 5V. If a ground wire touches the 5V, the input is reduced also to 0V, which the microchip reads as being activated. Pushbuttons (as well as joysticks) are all simple switches that connect ground wires to the 5V of inputs. By running a wire from the input side of the pad and a common ground wire to a pushbutton, you’ll have “hacked” the pad. This is usually done with solder, but as long as metal touches metal, electrical tape would work, just nowhere near as well. I’ll try to talk a bit more and clear up any more questions.
Just got my parts this morning! Now I need to make the case and get some wires!
On that note, do the wires go in the top, or the sides of the Cthulhu chip’s blue plastic things?
for 30mm you want 1 3/16"
Side.
strip off .5 to 1cm of wire, and stick it into the side hole. Then screw it down. I like to fold my wire in 2 directions to make sure there is metal to metal contact.
Really informative. I decided to do this also, thankfully I have a case laying around from The US Tekken 5 stick. Hopefully it turns out well. I am still wondering if I should use the same pcb from the stick.
Hmm, on the LS-32 Joystick, which prongs are the grounds? The Silver, or the gold plated ones?
The outside one.
The one that is bent.
I got the Controller complete enough that I could plug it into my PC.
The buttons are working Fine! But the directions on the Joystick seem to be off.
I double checked the PCB connections, they’re correct.
So…On a SL-32. Do the prongs on one side of the stick correspond to that direction? i.e. The prongs on the front of the stick correspond to pushing foward.
No.
If you looking from the bottom of Joystick, with Joystick on the right side of Buttons:
Left Microswitch is LEFT
Bottom Microswitch is UP
Top Microswitch is DOWN
Right Microswitch is RIGHT
Gah! The stupid prongs correspond to directions 90 degrees to the side which they’re one, and point to…WHY?
I messed with my wires so much, I lost integrity! SEIMITSU!
Awwww…
Well, my box is basically done. I’ve got three coats of black glossy paint on it, and it’s nice and shiny!
There’s some old enamel here, should I spray that on? And if so, should I sand it first?
Well, it’s FINALLY DONE.
It’s kinda crummy, the wiring is bad, and UGH!
But it’s done. I’ll see if I get photos up later…
you can always make another box, and redo the wiring. dont get discouraged…call it a prototype…
No, I’ll stick with this one for now, eventually I might buy a case.
…How do I upload images to Shoryuken?